Introducing - Bergen Bag!

I'm super excited to show you all my newest design, the Bergen Bag!!

The Bergen Bag is named after the beautiful city Bergen in Norway, which I visited a few times in my childhood. This bag with its 10" height and 13" width (25x33cm) is the perfect everyday handbag, and is such a cool use for the metal frame closures! ⁣

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This bag can be made with the Emmaline ended frames, the closed ended standard 7 1/2" (19cm) frames like for the Paris Purse OR with a zipper closure! I'll show all versions of this bag over the next few weeks while the pattern is developed and tested.
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It can be made with handle connectors like this version, or without, it has a high bottom version (this has the high bottom) and a low bottom version so you should be able to customize this bag to fit your preferences
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This bag was made with Tula Pink's beautiful All Star fabric, and lined with her beauitful De La Luna line.

It has my favourite lining zipper pocket, which allows you to make a zipper pocket without cutting any opening or turning over, risking a bulky and ugly edge around the zipper. Instead it's discreetly nestled in the seam.

It also has a number of slip pockets for our cellphone and other things you want easily accessable.

I hope you'll like it as much as I do!

Pressing Cotton Bags - Giving your bag a professional finish!

The secret to really professional looking cotton bags boils down to two things in my humble opinion - interfacing and pressing. Both subjects I cover in my latest YouTube video.
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I quite often get the question about how my bags can look so crisp in photos despite then being made from cotton with fusible interfacing. For this look - the importance of taking 20 minutes pressing your bag after finishing it can not be stressed enough! I try to share this during my classes, but it's not always we have the time to talk about this to the extent I'd like. So I made a little tutorial showing how I do this. 

I recommend going to youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2V93b_yxQk to watch this video. 

It'll give you better quality then the embedded version. 

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In this video I also show how I use my beloved Clover Mini Iron II, it's such a great tool!
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Here is also a sneak peek of my BRAND NEW BAG design! The bag is not completely finished in this video, but it's a good hint. ;) 

How to use Fusible Interfacing with Vinyl and Faux Leathers

Using fusible interfacing with vinyls and faux leather makes many people a unsure. So I made a little video showing how I do this. I hope you'll find it helpful =)

A little side note I forgot to mention in the video: If you press all the pieces for a bag, make sure you switch around your pieces and press them on different sections on your pressing board, so the board doesn't get too hot and start melting your vinyl from the front.

I recommend going to youtube to watch this video. 

It'll give you better quality then the embedded version. 

I'm still very much a youtube beginner so any helpful hints or comments are much appreciated!

And I'd love if you become a subscriber of my channel! That way you won't miss any upcoming sewing tips or tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/c/PinkPonyDesign 

How to save skipped stitches - without unpicking!

I made a little video showing how I save skipped stitches. No need for unpicking, we will rescue these handle connectors anyway =) 

I recommend going to youtube to watch this video. 

It'll give you better quality then the embedded version. 

I've gotten a lot of requests in the past for more video tutorials so I'm trying my hand at making more, I'm brand new at this and the quality is not great but I'm trying and working hard on bettering myself. I hope you'll find this video informative and helpful despite its lack of polish (yes and that goes for both the film work and my horrible gardeners nails!) *lol*

I'd love if you become a subscriber of my channel! That way you won't miss any upcoming sewing tips or tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/c/PinkPonyDesign

How to Sew Rolled Bag Handles - Video Tutorial

Many are unfortunately a little intimidated by the my favourite bag handles, my faux rolled handles that I use on for example my Stockholm Bag and Daytona Bag. Therefore I made a video showing how I make them, hopefully it'll give you the confidence you need to make your own.

These handles are truly great, no need for any interfacing, rope, tubing or similar, just vinyl. They look fantastic and will add such a professional touch to almost any bag!  Attach them by sewing them down with a rectangle directly on the bag like on the stockholm bag, or attach them to handle connectors like on the Daytona.

I recommend going to youtube to watch this video. 

It'll give you better quality then the embedded version. 

I'd love your comments on this video, any and all helpful feedback is most welcome as I'm so new to video making =)

Happy 4th birthday Pink Pony Design!!

I can't believe it's been 4 years! Thank you so very much to each and everyone who's bought one of my patterns, liked my posts, commented on my posts or in any other way cheered me on in this amazing adventure! Your support really means the world to me and I couldn't have done this without you! To celebrate today, I'm offering a 20% discount on ALL MY PATTERNS for 36 hours! 

Use code: BIRTHDAY4

www.PinkPonyDesign.com

⁣For the next 36 hours (so until 10th of October 11pm GMT and 7pm EST) I'm having a birthday sale, all patterns are 20% off! Just use code: BIRTHDAY4⁣⁣

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Contest to win ALL MY PATTERNS is coming up soon⁣ on my Instagram and Facebook (if you win, you'll be refunded anything you've bought during the sale).

I've released 20 patterns in this time, and it all started with my Bring the Basics Bag. ⁣And I have so many more planned!

I hope I have many more years to come of doing what I love most for a living. It's a luxury few are afforded, and I'm grateful every single day. Thank you Erik (my hubby) for your continued support, for you pushing me to take the plunge and actually do publish this pattern and start this journey 4 years ago, I could never have done this without you! All love to you! 

Your bags make me so happy!
Whenever I see a bag you've made from one of my patterns, I do a little happy dance and can't stop smiling for a long time! You all make me so happy! A few of the beauties created by you all over the years: 

By Annette

By Tania Smart

By Terese Lindblad

By Heidi of www.patatenkroket.be

By Dee Brasher

By Bags By Bags of Style

And there are so many, many more gorgeous creations, make sure you check out the #pinkponydesign on instagram for more stunning bag inspiration! And then make sure you make use of the discount to get that pattern you've been thinking of ;)

The Pumpcat Tablerunner is here!

The Pumpcat Tablerunner pattern is here! Yay!!
This little cutie was actually just supposed to be a Halloween decoration for myself. But as it started to take shape I realised I had to share it, the pumpcat is too cute not too share! Everyone should have a pumpcat! The pattern is available for free in my Facebook group  until halloween if you wish to join, but it's of course also available for purchase on my website.

This pattern comes with both inch and centimeter measurements and is available in English and Swedish.  

The adorable little Pumpcat is hiding out amongst the pumpkins on this sweet little tablerunner. It's raw edge appliqué, a perfect scrap buster with a flanged scrappy binding. Super fun to make and perfect as a table runner or why not a wall hanging for fall and halloween?

I freemotion quilted the background with loops in a light green thread to sort of imitate the pumpkins wines. 

And how awesome aren't scrappy bindings? Not just a great way to scrap bust, but also sooo visually interesting and beautiful! 

This is an excellent pattern for the beginner quilter, the appliqué process is described and it should be easy to follow even for the novice quilt maker. However it assumes knowledge of doing a normal binding, but the scrappy flanged binding is described in detail. 

Singapore Sling Bag Pattern Discount!

Seriously, everyone should have a bag they love as much as I love this Singapore Sling Bag! 😍 ⁣⁣⁣

So until the end of October 3rd, you can get the Singapore Sling Bag pattern with 15% discount on my website. Just use the code "SING". ⁣⁣⁣Shop now here: https://www.pinkponydesign.com/product/singapore-sling-bag

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I seriously love this Singapore Sling Bag so ridiculously much, I wear it almost every day! It matches just PERFECTLY with my watch, and I love that! 

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I need to make myself a few more in different colors, so I don't wear this one through in a year *lol*

Fabric folding and storage

I have this obsession to when it comes to organizing and storing my cotton fabrics. I need to se them all at a glance and I love having them in rainbow order. So I made a little video showing how I fold and store my fabrics.

I recommend clicking the link and viewing it on YouTube directly though: https://youtu.be/d1pc2XVb8ic

I store most of my cotton fabric in an IKEA "Billy bookcase" with "Oxberg glass panel doors", to prevent the fabrics getting so dusty - while still allowing a nice overview. I try to sort by color for that pretty rainbow effect. But it's not always possible, some fabric just doesn't "read" like a single color, so those I have at the bottom there in the "messy and yardage section" *lol*

Made myself another Hollywood Handbag

I love this design so much! Such a convenient little bag, I just had to make another one. This one is made of a pillow case (the flap, more on that further down in this post) and some wax tablecloth (purple exterior) and I'm so happy with it! The Hollywood Handbag pattern is available here.

I love that all my stuff is safe when I'm out and about thanks to the double closures, twist lock and zippers!

Feel free to laugh with me at the fact that I chose silver zipper pulls, sewed up the zippers and then it turned out I had no more silver D-rings or swivel snap hooks! So the exterior of the bag is antique brass, while the interior under the flap is silver *lol* But at least that made it possible for me to use my adorable little flamingo charm I got from by dear friend Anki.

I chose a turquoise lining to match the flap.

I freemotion quilted one piece of the exterior with cute little monstera leaves, thinking I'd use it on the outside, but once the bag started coming together it didn't look quite as good as I'd hoped...  So I used them on the side that's folded in instead as can be seen in the two open photos here. The quilting came out nice though.

The back is plain.

The fabric I used for the flap was from two pillows I bought back in June last year. The print was irresistible (I just love monsteras and orchids) and just begged to be made into bags!

This was one of the last pieces, as I also made a Daytona Bag from them, that I realize i totally have forgotten to show here on the blog! Shame on me, so here it is.